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In connection with the operation of the Food Hygiene
(General) Regulations, in Chinese Restaurants where the language
barrier created certain difficulties a Chinese translation of the
Regulations were provided by the Hong Kong Government Office
as a gesture of thanks to Public Health Inspectors for the cooperation
they gave during a survey of the Hong Kong Chinese
community in this country undertaken by the Hong Kong Government
during 1968. It is hoped that the translation will be of
assistance to all concerned in the maintenance of hygienic
standards. Whilst unfortunately this translation does not have any
force in law it was circulated to all Chinese restaurants in the
Borough and is intended solely as a guide to assist Chinese
proprietors of restaurants or other food business and Chinese
employees who handle food to understand in Chinese the general
purport of the Regulations.
Meat Inspection
The Meat Inspection Regulations, 1963, made it obligatory
for the local authorities having slaughterhouses within their
districts to ensure that 100% meet inspection was carried out in
accordance with the detailed instructions contained in the
Regulations. In order to carry out this 100% inspection it is
essential for an Inspector to be on duty at the slaughterhouse for
the whole of the time that slaughtering is in progress. To ensure
that this is done it is necessary to have two Public Health
Inspectors and two Authorised Meat Inspectors on meat inspection
duty each week. In this Borough there are 4 licensed slaughterhouses,
two of whom hold consents to carry on offensive trades,
i.e. gut scraping and fat rendering:-
a) A small slaughterhouse situated at Havering Green at
the rear of a butcher’s shop. The throughput here is
small as they only kill for their own retail trade.
b) One large slaughterhouse situated at Hall Lane,
Upminster. This slaughterhouse has a large throughput
of cattle and sheep for the whole sale trade and also
slaughters for the Kosher trade.
c) Large slaughterhouse in Oldchurch Road, Romford, where
cattle, sheep and pigs are slaughtered for the wholesale
trade.
d) Another large slaughterhouse adjoining (c) in Oldchurch
Road, Romford. This slaughterhouse deals mainly in
sheep for persons of the Muslim religion.
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